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Astronomers discover first-ever “middleweight” black hole Tue, 10/07/2012 - 17:14 by Neka Sehgal A team of international astronomers have unearthed the first "middleweight" black hole currently known to exist in the universe. Comments Read more	Intensifying acid level in the sea is a stunning menace for the coral reefs and sea life Tue, 10/07/2012 - 16:02 by Minnie Mahendru Acidification of the ocean has materialized as one of the prime hazards for the coral reefs spread worldwide. The superfluous carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has slipped into the recesses of the oceans universally and has lead to an alarming increase in the acid level of the deep-sea bodies that has the scientists stunned. Comments Read more	Australia leads the way for world's largest marine park Mon, 18/06/2012 - 16:24 by RESHMI CHAKRAVORTY The world's largest network of marine parks to protect ocean life, with limits placed on fishing and oil and gas exploration off the coast are being planned by Australia. Comments Read more
Apple Offers Refunds Over Misleading Advertisement Allegations Wed, 28/03/2012 - 14:59 by Rachna Pandya U.S. tech behemoth Apple Inc. on Wednesday offered refunds to its Australian customers who bought the latest iPad model believing it to be compatible with 4G network offered by Telstra Corp. Comments Read more	Australian astrophysicist thought Nobel call was ‘student prank’ Wed, 05/10/2011 - 22:00 by Neka Sehgal On receiving the late night call from Stockholm of his Nobel win, astrophysicist Brian Schmidt initial thought was some graduate student was playing a prank on him. Comments Read more	Being jobless better than bad job--study Tue, 15/03/2011 - 14:05 by Neka Sehgal Feeling low about being unemployed? Take consolation in the fact that you are not stuck in a bad job. Comments Read more
Aussies eye China for kangaroo meat sales Mon, 13/12/2010 - 12:07 by Rakhi Brisbane, Australia -- Australia is looking to China as a new market for its kangaroo meat, an industry official says. A delegation of Chinese agricultural officials has arrived in Australia to investigate the nation's kangaroo production systems. John Kelly of the Kangaroo Industries Association said he is hoping exports of kangaroo meat to China for use by restaurants will be approved following the visit. Part of the problem of getting Chinese to warm up to the idea of eating kangaroo meat is linguistic, Kelly said. It may be a good idea to come up with another Chinese word for kangaroo since the one they use now "loosely translates to 'bloody big rat with a pouch,'" he said. Comments Read more	Del Potro continues comeback in Sydney Thu, 09/12/2010 - 07:39 by Prince damin Sydney -- Juan Martin del Potro, who played in just three tournaments in 2010 because of injury, has entered an Australian Open tune-up event as part of his comeback. Del Potro, 22, won the 2009 U.S. Open title and was ranked as high as No. 4 in the world before a right wrist injury curtailed his play. He made it to the Round of 16 at the Australia Open but played in only two other tournaments since, losing in the first round each time. The lack of play caused his world ranking to fall to No. 257. Tournament officials have extended del Potro a wild-card invitation to the Sydney Invitational, which takes place the week before the 2011 Australian Open. That tournament begins Jan. 17. Copyright 2010 United Press International, Inc. (UPI). Comments	Australian man marries dog Wed, 08/12/2010 - 10:00 by Prince damin Toowoomba, Australia -- An Australian man who married his 5-year-old Labrador in a city park said his relationship with the canine is "pure love" and "not sexual." Joseph Guiso of Toowoomba wed Honey the Labrador in a ceremony Monday while surrounded by 30 close friends and family in Laurel Bank Park, The (Toowoomba) Chronicle reported Tuesday. "You're my best friend and you make every part of my day better," Guiso said in his vows. "It's not sexual," he said after the ceremony. "It's just pure love." Guiso described himself as a "religious guy" who could not handle the guilt of living with his love out of wedlock. Copyright 2010 United Press International, Inc. (UPI). Comments
Airline might sue Rolls-Royce over engine Thu, 02/12/2010 - 22:23 by Prince damin Sydney -- The Australian airline Quantas Airways says it has begun legal action against the maker of an engine used on some Airbus A380 passenger jets. Quantas officials said they initiated the action against engine supplier Rolls-Royce as a backup in case it can't reach a settlement with the company over the explosion of one of its engines in flight last month, the BBC reported. The pilots in the November flight made a successful emergency landing in Singapore after one of the explosion. The Australian Safety Bureau found a manufacturing problem with the Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines. Comments Read more	Jealous woman jailed for stabbing ex Tue, 30/11/2010 - 12:38 by Rakhi Darwin, Australia -- An Australian woman was sentenced to four months in jail for stabbing her ex-boyfriend while he was in bed with another woman. Lorena Lippett of Darwin, Northern Territories, had been drinking heavily when she attacked her ex-boyfriend in the stomach with a small pair of scissors while he was in bed with the other woman at his home in October, prosecutors said. Lippett had a domestic violence order prohibiting her from talking to her ex-boyfriend, but the court heard the pair had resumed their sexual relationship. The court was told Lippett is only violent when drunk and she wishes to apologize to her ex-boyfriend, who needed three stitches to close the wound. Comments Read more	Serena Williams to miss Australian Open Fri, 26/11/2010 - 09:31 by Rakhi Melbourne -- Australian Open officials announced Thursday that five-time champion Serena Williams had withdrawn from the first major tennis event of 2011. Williams told tournament director Craig Tiley she had not fully recovered from foot surgery this summer. She has not competed since winning the title at Wimbledon in July. "Serena is a great champion and we will miss her in January," Tiley said in announcing the withdrawal. "We send her our very best wishes for a speedy recovery." Williams has reached the finals of the Australian Open five times and has won every one of them. She won the last two Australian titles as well as in 2003, 2005 and 2007. Comments Read more